Syria Allows Some Patients to Leave Besieged Area

Sarah El Deeb / The Associated Press Dec 27, 2017 Nearly 30 critically ill people are being evacuated from a Damascus suburb where hundreds have been prevented from reaching hospitals minutes away. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Can the U.S.-Russia Cease-Fire Agreement in Syria Stick?

By Ray McGovern / Consortiumnews Jul 13, 2017 While alleged 2016 election interference grabs headlines, the bigger test may be whether the Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin accord made at the G-20 summit holds. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump Accuses Syria of Planning Gas Attack as U.N. Ambassador Points Finger at Russia and Iran

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 27, 2017 There seems to be a faction of hawks around the president who want to maintain a condition of undeclared war with Russia and Iran. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Russians Are Laughing at the U.S., Not at Trump

By Leonid Bershidsky / Bloomberg View May 22, 2017 Americans may not realize how their country's internal political strife is being interpreted by other nations and the leaders of those nations. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Reportedly Told Russians He Eased Pressure on Himself by Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey

By Common Dreams staff / Common Dreams May 20, 2017 A New York Times piece cites an anonymous source who read notes that purportedly summarized the Oval Office conversation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Will Russiagate Hysteria Lead to an American ‘Soft Coup’?

By Robert Parry / Consortium News May 15, 2017 Many Trump-haters see the investigation as the likeliest means to impeachment—an end they think desirable even if it plays into the hands of neocons and other warmongers. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Russian Press Releases Photos of Trump Meeting, Reportedly Angering White House Officials

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment May 13, 2017 Only Russian journalists were invited to cover the president's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (pictured, left) and Sergey Kislyak, Russian ambassador to the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Make the FBI Great Again (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig May 11, 2017 Everything’s fine. There’s no constitutional crisis, just ask Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov! Dig deeper

Intelligence Experts to Trump: Rethink Syria Escalation

By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity / Consortiumnews Apr 11, 2017 Two dozen former U.S. intelligence officials urge the president to reconsider his claims blaming the Syrian government for chemical deaths last week and de-escalate tensions with Russia. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Vladimir Putin Says He Won’t Retaliate Against U.S. Actions

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 30, 2016 Despite his foreign minister's advice, the Russian president says he will not hit back at the United States for expelling his country's diplomats and imposing new sanctions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Russia Reaches Syria Cease-Fire Pact With Turkey—and the U.S. Had Nothing to Do With It

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 29, 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that after negotiations in Moscow between his administration and its Turkish and Iranian counterparts, an accord regarding the war in Syria has been reached, establishing a fragile truce that's being hailed as "a potential turning point" in the bloody civil war that has raged for six years. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iran and Hezbollah Welcome Cease-Fire in Syria (Video)

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 12, 2016 The truce, brokered by the U.S. and Russia, is to take effect Monday evening. Lebanon's Hezbollah forces have been fighting on behalf of Syrian President Bashar Assad and get aid from Iran, which stressed that the agreement needs a “monitoring instrument." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )